Digging-shovel.



PATENTED MAR. 10, 1908. w. J. NEWMAN.

DIGGING' SHOVBL. APPLICATION FILED arm. 25. 1907.

UNI E WILLIAM J. NEWMAN, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

DIGGING-SHOVEL.

Application filed January 25, 1907. Serial No. 354,084.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented March 10, 1908.-

PO all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM J. NEWMAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of lllinois, have invented certain new. and useful improvements in Digging-Shovels, of which the following is a specification.

In excavating trenches or other dee excavations by means of a digging shove operated from a boom, I have found that ltlS desirable to have the shovel so arranged that it will be guided, as by means of suitable guide-shoes, and furthermore, so that a considerable amount of adjustment may be provided for such guide means and for the suports therefor which may also act as. arms for dragging the shovel.

The present inventionrelates to such an apparatus, and its objects are to provide a practical and efiicient device for deep digging and one which may be readily adjusted for different positions or for different kinds of earth.

I have shown this invention in the accompanying drawings in which Figure 1 is a diagrammatic view showing the position of the skids or supports for the o crating boom together with my improved s iovel shown in digging position; Fig. 2 is a side view showing one form of my improved shovel; Figs. 3 and 4 show modified forms of the same; and Fig. 5 is a top-plan view showin the drag-arms with the guide secured thereto.

As shown in the drawings, 6 represents a suitable digging shovel which is preferably raised and discharged by means of .a single line 7 according to my invention shown and claimed in my pending application, Serial No. 332,208, filed August 27, 1906. The shovel is filled by means of a suitable dragline 8 which is preferably attached to braces a) which. connect between the side-arms 10,

as shown in Fig. 5. At the forward end of these arms is a guide-shoe 11 which is preferably formed of sheet steel, and extends across between said arms. As shown in Fig. 2. the arms are pivoted atll to the bucket 5, at a point adjacent to the cutting ed e.

a? in order to adjust the arms 10, while at t e same time connecting them rigidly with the bucket 6, I have provided turn-buckles 12, the ends of which are pivoted at 13 to the arms 10 and at 14 to the upper forward sides of the bucket 6. j

It will be readily seen' .t j gt by. adjusting the turn-buckles 13, theta-ms 10 may be given any desired pitch in reference to the cutting edge of the bucket, and by means of such adjustment the device can be readily arranged for digging up steep slopes as indicated in Fig. 1. At the same time, the guide-shoe always acts to roperly regulate the cutting depth of the shovel.

As shown in Fig. 3, the arms 10 may be adjusted by means of bars 15 which are pivoted thereto at 16 and extend. up ad- Lacent to the upper forward corners of the ucket where they are attached by means of suitable bolts 16. By means of a plurality 10 of holes 17, in the bars 15, the bars can be readily adjusted to give the arms different, positions.

In Fig. 4 I have shown still another method of adjusting the arms, WhiOlfCOlly- .75 sists in pivoting the arms 18 at the back ofthe shovel and having them extend along the sides thereof. In this case the arms are adjusted by having a plurality of holes 19 through which bolts 20 may be passed to engage with the arms 18.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. The combination with a digging shovel, of suitable arms, a guide-shoe extending across the outer ends of said arms, and turnbuckles connecting between said arms and said shovel for adjusting the position of said arms.

' 2. The combination with a shovel, of

arms pivoted adjacent to the digging edge thereof, a guide-shoe at the outer ends of said arms, and means for adjusting the position of said arms relative to said shovel and holding them rigidly in such position. 3. The combination with a shovel, of bars or the like secured to said shovel for drawin the same, a plate connectin between sai bars to form a suitable guidehoe, and means 100 forsd'ustin the o sition of said arms with finholdin said arms in such adrespect to the shovel. justed position with respect to the shovel. 4:. The combination with a shovel, 0f

u I I W h [r arms pwotally secured to me sldes of sand WILLIAM J M MAN 5 shovei, apd a ustable means connecting be- I Witnesses;

tween sald'arms and the sldes of said shovel, A. W" ,FENSTEMAKER,

for sfi'ustim the osition of said arms and C. H. CRAWFORD,

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